- New!
Good News for Gay
Adventists
- Yes, there really is good news for gay
Adventists!
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- I'm
a Gay Adventist - So What Are My Options?
- Are there options between the two extremes of
orientation change and indulging in gay sex? We think there
are ...
Christopher
Blake, former editor of Insight, a Seventh-day Adventist magazine
for youth, wrote a well-researched article in December 1992,
entitled, "Redeeming Our Sad
Gay Situation." We feel it is still relevant today --
especially as we see conservative church members retrenching in an
extreme position regarding homosexuality. Because of its length, the
article is supplied in several parts. Click
here for the first part. For a printer-friendly
version (all one long file), click here.
- What
Would Jesus Say to Homosexuals?
- Seventh-day Adventist Pastor John McLarty
explores this searching question.
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- Overcoming
Prejudice Against Homosexuals
- by Christopher Blake is recommended reading
for heterosexuals.
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- Sins of Sodom
- Who's right in identifying these --
conservative Christians or gay theologians? Or is it
neither?
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- Calling Sin by
Its Right Name
- Do we know how to do it biblically?
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- What is an
Abomination to God?
- Through a comprehensive study of the word
"abomination" in the KJV we ascertain its true
meaning and avoid misapplying it.
- Counsel
to the Christian Daughter of a Gay Dad
- A daughter's question crystallizes the
conservative Christian's dilemma in relating to the
homosexuality of loved ones.
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- How Many Dollars
Have You Sinned?
- Does the story of Mary and Simon have
something to say to us? By Ralph Seland
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- The Two
Debtors
- Which kind of debtor are you?
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- Do You Feel
Forgiven? by Ralph Seland
- Thought-provoking article about suicidal
despair, false guilt, real guilt and forgiveness..
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- How Do People
Become Gay?
- Is a homosexual orientation the result of
choices in life?
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- Gay
Adventist
-- An Oxymoron?
- Does Jesus recognize homosexually oriented
persons as His followers?
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- Love the
Sinner, Hate the Sin?
- Do we know how to apply this oft-repeated
principle in a biblical manner?
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Articles
in Ministry, the journal of the Seventh-day Adventist
Ministerial Association.
July 1996
Issue:
- Dealing with Aids
- by Bruce Moyer
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- AIDS: Fear and Compassion
- by Harvey A. Elder, M.D.
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- AIDS and the Church in Africa
- by Saleem A. Farag and Joel N. Musvosvi
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- AIDS: Wrestling With Fear and
Grief
- by Millie White
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- The Crisis of Suicide
- by Vern R. Andress
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- AIDS and Adventist Youth
- by Gary L. Hopkins, Joyce W. Hopp, Helen P. Hopp, Christine
Neish, and Gayle Rhoads
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- November 1996 Issue:
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- First Glance
- introductory article by J. D Eva
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- A Homosexual in My Congregation?
- by Kate McLaughlin
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- Christians and the Homosexual
- by J. Grant. Swank Jr.
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- Do You Pray for Gays?
- by Julia Vernon
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- Compassion - An Alternative
Lifestyle
- by John C. Cress
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- Homosexuality: Establishing a
Christian Backdrop for Pastoral Care
- by Thomas E. Schmidt
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- A Cry from the Valley of Death
- by Bruce Moyer
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- Caring in the Age of Aids
- by James A. Cress
Note: As far back as 1996 the journal for our ministers advocated
a compassionate view towards homosexuality -- even though this
compassion didn't spread to everyone.
Also see the Adventist
Position Statements on Homosexuality. |
